Vocabulary : Sloughing to Slowed

Sloughing : of Slough ;; The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
Sloughy : Full of sloughs, miry. ;; Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.
Sloven : A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.
Slovenliness : The quality or state of being slovenly.
Slovenly : a slovenly manner.

Slovenness : Slovenliness.
Slovenry : Slovenliness.
Slow : imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. ;; Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion. ;; Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. ;; Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. ;; Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. ;; Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow. ;; Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences. ;; Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. ;; Slowly. ;; To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. ;; To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. ;; A moth.
Slowback : A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
Slowed : of Slow

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